Crime

Brother to brother
Man to man
Nation to nation
We enter the age of...Crime
 

I’ve seen the shadows of the rising sun
I stood aside as the deed was done
I have wandered through the darkest nights
and seen the coming of the Israelites

And I have walked across the waters
To hear the voices of a battle song
And I have coveted the daughters
Of the women of Babylon

And I have seen them fall, Without emotion
And I have tasted life
And God knows it's a crime

I’ve seen religion cut a land in two
I turned away as the violence grew
I saw a man reach for the stars
As hunger raged down in Africa

And I have walked across waters
To hear the voices of a battle song
And I have coveted the daughters
Of the women of Babylon

And I have seen the fall without emotion
And I have tasted wealth
God knows it's a crime

It's a crime
It's a crime
It's a crime

I am the soldier of a hundred shores
I wear the scars of a thousand wars
I was the child who cried alone
I am the seed that you have sown

And I have walked across the waters
To hear the voices of a battle song
And I have coveted the daughters
Of the women of Babylon

And I have seen the fall Without emotion
And I have heard the call, Without devotion
And I have tasted life
And God knows it's a crime

It's a crime
It's a crime
It's a crime
It's a crime
It's a crime
It's a crime
The Perfect Crime

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Atomic Harvest

Two million men were sent to do the deeds of one
Racing with the times to build a burning sun
Machines to learn machines to make us love
Machines to blow us all to kingdom come
Is this our destiny to sow those seeds of Hades?

ATOMIC
ATOMIC
ATOMIC
But who’ll reap the harvest we have sown

Two thousand ships were cast upon the shores
To do the killing of the overlords
This is our destiny to sow those seeds of Hades

ATOMIC
ATOMIC
ATOMIC
But who’ll reap the harvest we have sown
Atomic harvest we must sow

ATOMIC
ATOMIC
ATOMIC
But who reaps the harvest we have sown
Who reaps the harvest we have sown
Who reaps the harvest we have sown

But time waits for no man
Alone in his homeland
Foot steps like dust blown away in the wind
And then all through the years racing with out tears
So the reaper can see
Atomic harvest will be

 

 

On the Waterfront

Protest slogans on the factory wall
The lights go down and darkness falls
On the waterfront

We appear from a world of cold and steel
Discarded by the industrial wheel
On the waterfront

But down in dockland late at night
The fires of London burn so bright
No one cares, or sheds a tear
For those who live through their nights of fear
On the waterfront
We live together
On the waterfront
We stay forever
On the waterfront

They push us away, they close the door
In the part of the city that no-one saw
On the waterfront

And so we move like ghosts through a timeless zone
Through the midst of the river we call our home
On the waterfront

But down in dockland late at night
The fires of London burn so bright
No one cares, or sheds a tear
For those who live through their nights of fear
On the waterfront
We live together
On the waterfront
We stay forever
On the waterfront

So we appear from a world of cold and steel
Discarded by the industrial wheels
On the waterfront
We live together
On the waterfront
We stay forever
On the waterfront

 

 

Branded

The times are changing see the boys in drag
blow kisses in their wine
see the girl stand still when she learns to kill
“Are we in the wrong time”
Why do we laugh a lot, why do we cry a lot
At the things that people say
The boys will be girls and the girls will be boys
But it’s a game that we can’t play

‘Cause we are branded
We are branded
From the cradle we are commanded
We are branded
We are branded
From the cradle we are commanded

See the boys all run at the sight of a gun
The men lay down and die
See the bitch play the butch in the city lights
Their mothers start to cry
Why do we scream at night, why do we dream at night
of a life we never saw

We got false illusions and world confusion
But we are what we are
‘Cause we are branded
We are branded
From the cradle we are commanded
We are branded
We are branded
From the cradle we are commanded

Why do we scream at night
Why do we dream at night
Of a life we never saw
We got false illusions and world confusion
But we are what we are
‘Cause we are branded
We are branded
From the cradle we are commanded
We are branded
We are branded
From the cradle we are commanded
(Repeat)

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(I Don’t Believe) This Is My England

Do you remember when Brittania ruled the waves
Do you remembersaying “We shall not be slaves”
Do you remember those good ol’ days

And can you remember the strength of ‘44
How we united to win that war
But will you remember when the Empire is no more

I Don’t believe this is my England

We Chain down the lion and let the worms set in
We build up our armies so destruction can begin
But will we ever learn, the enemy lies within
I don’t believe this is my England
I don’t believe this is my England
No, I don’t believe this is my England
Where are you now?

She whispers in my ear
Divided we fall, united we stand

Would you like to feel the heart put back again
Would you like to see the lion break its chain?
Oh could it ever really be the same again
Now I don’t believe this is my England
No I don’t believe this is my England
No I don’t believe this is my England
No I don’t believe this is my England

Johannesburg

I had a vision of a new world
Another eden in the southern plains
Far awat from the western wars
And in this land we shall start again
But independence is a nation broken in two
And the doors of compromise
Will be open for the chosen few

And we call this land South Africa
From the cape of hope to the northern star
But hope and peace will never be part
Of Johannesburg
Of Johannesburg
Of Johannesburg

And we raise our children
By the blade and bullet they learn
But unrest in the homelands
Crowds gather as a township burns
We stand divided but together we will surely fall
But we can stand for so long
We break away for the good of us all

And we call this land south Africa
From the cape of hope to the northern star
But hope and peace will never be part
Of Johannesburg
Of Johannesburg
Of Johannesburg

Heres to the future
To a future we may never see
Heres to the brave new world
May we live in harmony

And we call this land south Africa
From the cape of hope to the northern star
But hope and peace will never be part
Of Johannesburg
Of Johannesburg
Of Johannesburg

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The Shining

Here comes the shining
Here comes the shining

It's been a long cold winter
My heart has turned to ice
But that's the way they say it's always been
Well I tried so hard to find you
Come on, let's burn tonight
This fallen angel's gonna spread his wings and fly again

It's been so many years
Come on, let's shine tonight
Oh so many years
And here it comes
And here it comes
And here it comes
And here comes the shining
Here it comes
Here it comes
And here comes the shining

My coat of many colours
Has turned a shade of blue
Why don't we tumble into bed, she said
We're gonna start a fire
Let's make it burn all night
If you say I'm cold again
Then I'll take you up to a hundred and ten

It's been so many years
Come on, let's shine tonight
Oh so many years
And here it comes
And here it comes
And here it comes
And here comes the shining
Here it comes
Here it comes
And here comes the shining

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Working for the Company

Here we go again...
I get up at 8, I'm feeling so mechanical
I'm in a trance, I'm watching the time
There's no need to think what kind of a day it it
They're all the same, come rain or shine

I go down to the gates, and into the factory
I take my card, number 49
I make my way through the jungles of machinery
I take my place on the production line

We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds as the day goes by
We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds till the day that we die

The same old job, the same old monotony
The same old faces, day after day
Is this career, is this insanity?
I have to work, and it's insane

"We just want to see you on the factory floor
We don't want to hear what you say
So shut your mouth, get on with your work
Or you will be leaving today"

We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds as the day goes by
We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds till the day that we die...

We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds as the day goes by
We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds till the day that we die...

We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds as the day goes by
We're all here and we're working for the company
We have no minds till the day that we die...

Work work work work
Working for the company
I think that I should, I know when I'm happy
My mind is a dustbin, so full of insanity
I tried to believe in the fact that I'm leaving
I fight for my rights but I just can't be leaving today
Today
No I just can't be leaving today
I just can't be leaving today

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The System

I am...the way
I'm free to claim my land
And you'll bow at my command
With blood I shall control
Now I am free to rape your very soul

Your hate is all you show
So your hate has made me grow
No hope for any man
I'll take your lies and crush them in my hands

(Chorus)
Don’t turn away from what you’ve seen
You gave me life I am machine
I'll take you over to the darkest side
I'll send you all to genocide

Through time I've waited long
I've watched your petty wars for much too long
Machine is what I am
Now watch me spread my chaos through the land

Don't turn away from what you’ve seen
You gave me life I am machine
I'll take you over to the darkest side
and send you up to genocide

I am machine

Religion cast aside on a blood stained land
Genetic engineers tried to save the inner man
Two thousand years, shed a million tears
You’ve had your say now its my day

I am the way
I am the system
I am the way
I am the system
I am the way
I am the system
I am the way
I am the system
and I will destroy
I will destroy
I will destroy